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Title of the course

MM 407 :  Iron and Steel Making  

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Credit structure

L          T          P          C

2           1          0          6

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

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Course content

History of iron and steel. Indigenous iron and steel making processes. Physical chemistry of slag-metal and gas-metal reactions. Ironmaking - the iron blast furnace - principles, operation and design aspects, raw materials, direct reduction and smelt-reduction processes. Steel making - basic oxygen and electric arc furnace processes - principles, operation and design aspects. Deoxidation,  ladle refining processes – VD,  VOD and AOD processes - inclusions in steel. Continuous casting - control of solidification structure and segregation. Yield, energy requirements and productivity in iron and steel making.

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Texts/References

J.G. Peacey and W.G. Davenport, Blast Furnace : Theory and Practice, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1979.

A. Ghosh and A. Chatterjee, Ironmaking and Steelmaking : Theory and Practice, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2008.

A.W. Cramb (Editor), Making Shaping and Treating of Steel, 11^th Ed., Vol.1 and 2, AISE, Pittsburg, 2003.

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. Somnath Basu